The House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Spotify this week requesting additional information on “Discovery Mode,” a controversial program which allows artists and labels to recommend specific songs to more listeners — via the streaming giant’s algorithms — in exchange for a lower royalty rate. Spotify announced …
Read More »How Alaina Castillo Held the Internet Captive by Strangely Addictive Lullabies
Two years ago, Houston, Texas native Alaina Castillo was an unassuming high school senior at Clear Falls High — who was covertly building her own mini-empire on YouTube’s ASMR community. In her first of several videos, titled “Sing You to Sleep,” she soothes her viewers’ senses with an extra hushed …
Read More »Apple Music and Spotify Now Have Dueling Awards Shows
The music-streaming war is headed to its most dramatic setting yet: the stage. On Tuesday, Apple Music announced that it will host a surprise Billie Eilish performance this week to celebrate its “first-ever Apple Music Awards” — just two weeks after Spotify announced plans to host its own “first-ever Spotify …
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